The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
NEWS NOTES.

farmers, entered and TOOK pOSStsSlUIl ol
the jail at Nebraska City, Neb., on the
night of the 23d, cut hole through the
floor of the sheritf's office into the cell
of prisoner named Shellabarger, CON
yicted of the murder of his little daugh-
ter, pulled the prisoner out and hanged
| him to tree.
| W. j. McGarigle, one of Chicago's
| boss boodlers, on the night of the 23d
| successfully attempted the scheme made
| famous by New York. only Tweed He
was taken to his home in charge fisher
| itf Matson, and while the sheriff sup
| posed his prisoner was taking bath
| skipped for parts at present unknown.
A big hail storm did great damage to
| crops IN the vicinity of Lucerne, SwltZ-
! erland.
News has been received of the sinking
on Lake Erie of the barge Theodore
| Perry, with five of the crew
Rev. W. II. Gathing, a colored
preacher. was killed while resisting ar
rest AT Starkville, Miss, on the 23rd.
Two young children of Prof. f. r.
| Honey, of Yale College, died on the oath
from eating ice cream.
Mrs. Thurber, who has been backing
the National Opera Company To the ex-
| tent of SO 900, has attached the proper
| ty of the company for the amount of her
| claim at Jersey City.
Dispatches of the 23d report many of
| the striking coke workers in the Pitts
| burg district returning to work.
Since Texas fever was reported at
| Greenleaf, kas., a few weeks ago, the
| contaglOn has spread rapidly. One
| farmer in Washington County has lost
| 80 per cent. of his stock.
On the night of the 22d fire broke out
in the building of II, c. Burbank, Third
Street, st. Paul. The fire department
| succeeded in Confining the fire TO the
building, but the stock ofthe Minnesota
| Spice Company was considerably dam
aged. Burbank's loss is Sl50, 900; in
sured for two-thirds.
Secretary Fairchild has rendered a de-
cisiOn 10 the effect that the silver bullion
certificates issued by the Western Bank,
| of New York, are entirely legal.
Girard B. Allen, one of the most
prominent citizens of Missouri, died at
Richtield Springs, y. Y, on the 2ls
lie was a years old.
A jury has at last been secured in the
great Chicago Doodle case.
An elevator and malt house. the prop
erty of Gerhard Lang, brewer, at Rufa-
10, \. Y, were partially destroyed by
fire on the 2lst. Loss, s75, 900; covered
| by insurance.
While four ladies' were bathing in the
lake at Arden, Ont, on the 2lst, one OF
them got beyond her depth. Two Of the
others went to her assistance and all
three drowned
The extensive bark extract works of
j. 5. Young 4 Co., at Baltimore, burned
on the 2lst. Loss on building, machin-
cry and stock, S25O,000 fully insured.
James Weeden, a pugilist died at AL
u 70 Of tlc
received from pOiceman's pistol.
At the age of 20, Peter Burkhardt, of
Washington, Ind, got dissatisfied with
his young wife, and on the 2Oth shot her
dead and then took the same dose him
self.
On the evening of the Goth William
II. Laden, a carpenter living in New
York, shot his wife. his mother-in-law
and himself. He will die but the others
will recover.
The rage for "Wild Vest shows is in
a fair way to become dangerous. At
Clinton, Ia, on the 18th, a cowboy got
hold of the wrong pistol and during the
thrilling encounter of cowboys and In
dians a number of bullets were scattered
among the audience. One woman and
one man were killed and two people Sc
riously injured
CrOffet & Rabb's tea store, 173 Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, was damaged $4,000
by frs.
Three lads lost their lives while bath
ing in the st. Joseph River, SOdus Town
ship, Mich, Tuesday.
Parties charged with election frauds
at indianapolis have been placed on
| trial. One defendant pleaded guilty and
was fined $50
The st. Anthony elevator, at Mime
| apolis, one of the largest in the North
west, was burned with its contents on
the 18th. 1t was The property of Peavey
q Co., and held l, 10000 bushels of
| wheat, which Is an almost total loss. A
million dollars will hardly cover the loss.
At Constable Hook, near Jersey City,
| \. j., on the 10Th, the barrel factory,
| supply house and warehouse of the
| Standard Oil Company, together with a
number of small buildings and tanks in
| the yard, were destroyed by fire. The
| loss will reach 81 100000.
| Fletcher Hines, a wealthy farmer and
| married man, living near indianapolis,
| Ind, disappeared on the 18th. As a
| young and handsome lady of the neigh
| borhOod has also disappeared, circum-
| stances point to an elopement Both
went in the best society, and quite a
| sensation is the result.
| Joliet, Ill, committed suicide on the
| 10th by shooting. No cause is assigned.
A search among his papers revealed the
| fact that he was on intimate terms with
| the Chicago Anarchists.
| Hon. p. NJ. F. Hunter, for many years
| a prominent citizen Of Virginia, died at
| his home in Essex County, that state,
| on the 18th. He was 73 years old.
| At Oil City, Pa, on the 18th, John
| McNernev shot his son John. When
| the officers went to arrest him he shot
/ one Of them, and in turn was fatally
wounded by another. 1t was then dis
covered that he had killed his wife.
| Nine buildings burned at OwensbOro,
Ky, on the 18th. Loss, $4,000.
Daniel Carlton committed suicide at
| Los Angeles, Cal, on the 18th.
| The fish is the river at Pekin, H., are
! reported to be dying at an alarming rate,
| the banks in the vicinity being lined
| with tons of deCaying CarCasses. Stops
| from the Peoria distilleries are the sup
| posed cause.
| Striking miners at the Winthrop and
| Mitchell mines, at Ishpeming, Mich, to
| the number of go, have returned to
| work, their demands having been salts
| fed.
| The French Chamber Of Deputies has
| rejected the amendment To exempt &c
| clesiastical students from enlistment.
A committee Of the House Of Com
| mons has been formed TO try to cheaper
| the telegraph rates between the mother
| country and the colonies.
| The latest reports from the medical
| professors treating Crown Prince Fred
| erick William is that the treatment
| adopted has proved absolutely success
| ful. Dr. Mackenzie declares that a cure
| mas been effected.
| The excursion steamer Periwinkle
was torn from her dock at Buffalo by d
| cyclone and narrowly escaped founder
ing. A large number of passengers were
| on board.
The treasury department has learned
that large quantities Of opium shipped
from Victoria, British Columbia, by
| way of the Canadian Pacific are being
| smuggled into the L nited States.
| The Green brothers, under arrest at
| Logansport, Ind, charged with the ABB
| 1uc+ior and murder Of VI rs Mgbit mar